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Goal of knowing the voters has to do with science

Opinion: Target wrote the book on targeting. The retail giant utilizes what’s called “predictive analytics”


We are Election Central

Opinion: With early voting underway — and busier than it was in 2008 — and Election Day about a month away,


Balancing the budget not easy

Opinion: Here’s one thing the two presidential candidates agree on: the federal government’s current fiscal


US has loose nukes

Opinion: By Robert Alvarez McClatchy-Tribune The government can’t simply bury its uranium-233 problem.


Funding for roads crucial

Opinion: Fremont (Neb.) Tribune: A good transportation system can be an economic driver. That’s something


Ohio attracting global tours

Opinion: By Nicholas Wood McClatchy-Tribune OXFORD, England In recent months I’ve taken groups of


Chaney STEM gets statewide attention for accomplishments

Editorial: While the Youngstown City School District still has a way to go before it earns an excellent rating


Sowell got one right

Opinion: Sowell got one right In his latest column, Thomas Sowell wrote the following: “We need more tax


Obama should grab middle

Opinion: By Aaron Zelinsky Hartford Courant Mr. President, you’re entering dangerous territory. With


‘Red line’ a perilous scrawl

Opinion: The debate over when (and whether) to set a “red line” for attacking Iran’s nuclear program slipped


Policing Internet gambling falls to local office holders

Editorial: Legislators in Columbus looked the other way while across the state hundreds of Internet cafes


Romney can seize moment

Opinion: By Mark Samburg Hartford Courant Mr. Romney, you need to win this first debate — badly. You’ve


We’ve got to pay for top quality politicians

Opinion: Now that the National Football League has apparently learned that it can be costly to hire cheap


Privacy, technology face off

Opinion: Privacy, technology face off San Jose Mercury News: The tension between new technology and


What about party loyalty?

Opinion: What about party loyalty? I was appalled when I read the article in the Vindicator that an